Iyer, Nair to lead India A teams in UK

Bengaluru, May 8 (PTI) The in-from Shreyas Iyer was today named captain of the India A team for the upcoming One-day tri-series in the United Kingdom while Karun Nair will lead the squad in the four-day matches.

The two squads comprise a host of players, who have performed consistently for their state teams and IPL franchises over the past couple of seasons.

The India 'A' tour of England will begin with an ODI tri-series against England Lions (A team) and West Indies A, from June 22.

India 'A' will also play a four-day Test against England A from July 16 to 19 at Worcester apart from a couple of three-day games against county sides.

On expected lines, youngsters such as Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson were named in the India A teams coached by the legendary Rahul Dravid.

As far as selection in the one-day squad is concerned, the likes of Shaw, Rishabh Pant and Samson were expected to be picked after shining for their respective states and IPL franchises.

In the squad for the four-day matches, Nair will be assisted by young talents such as Ravikumar Samarth and Mayank Agarwal of Karnataka, Abhimanyu Easwaran of Bengal and Mumbai's Shaw among others in batting while Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini and Rajneesh Gurbani are the pace bowlers.